Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday said that he does not have a special candidate in the 2023 presidential election. Obasanjo spoke to newsmen shortly after he paid a visit to former Head of State, retired Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, in Minna. Obasanjo said: “I don’t have a special candidate,...
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The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) says it has spent over N500 million to improve electricity supply from about five hours to over 15 hours per day in Minna, Niger. Mr Mahamud Keni, Regional Manager, AEDC, Niger region, disclosed this on Tuesday to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Niger Command, has arrested an 18-year-old student, over alleged attempt to kidnap the Provost, College of Fisheries, New Bussa. The command spokesman, ASC Nasir Abdullahi, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Minna....
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday in Minna said about 6.2 per cent of children were not exclusively breastfed by their mothers in Niger. Mrs Chinwe Ezeife, Nutrition Specialist UNICEF Kaduna Field Office, made this known at the inauguration of the 2022 Niger state Zero Water Exclusive...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno Police Command has rescued a woman who was abducted by four kidnappers along Misko Road Minna, Niger State on Saturday last week and handed the victim over to her husband and relations in Maiduguri at the police headquarters. The Borno Commissioner of Police,...
Former Military President General Ibrahim Babangida has told those aspiring for the presidency to put Nigeria above other interests in everything they do. Babangida gave the counsel when he received the former Senate President Bukola Saraki; Bauchi, and Sokoto State governors, Bala Mohammed and Aminu Tambwal respectively when they...
The Federal Government and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) say they will support vulnerable Nigerian farmers affected by insecurity and flood with $1million dollars grant. The Niger Programme Coordinator, IFAD-VCDP, Dr Mathew Ahmed, disclosed this on Thursday in an interview with the...
Niger State government has demolished the building of a suspected kidnapper, Mohammadu Umar, on Saturday at Nakagbe in Bosso Local Government Area of the state. Mr Emmanuel Umaru, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, told newsmen in Minna on Saturday that the suspect used proceeds of kidnap and...